Ahmad Arshad – The Moderate Way

He one of few rises

at night to pray

and then finds himself slurring the words of

the Quran

and incapable

of comprehending what he is reading,

then let him lie down and go back

to sleep.

Very pragmatic

hadith. This hadith has been related by Abu

Dawud Sharif and Muslim Sharif.

Now what is this hadith in Mubaraka teaching

us? It is the prohibition

of excess in our own spiritual endeavors and

spiritual disciplines.

Like some people go to such extremes

in the tariq or suluk

like denying themselves food and drink and sleep

and so on,

that they never give a thought to the

possibility

that what they're doing may be harmful